Traffic

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for June 2011. The Company reported a 3% traffic decrease from the same month last year, while capacity remained unchanged. The load factor decreased 2 pts to 84%.

Frontier Airlines reported preliminary traffic results for June 2011. Frontier’s traffic decreased 1% while capacity was also down 1%.  June’s load factor was 90% and remained unchanged compared to the same month last year.

US Airways Group reported that June traffic was up 2.5% versus June 2010, capacity was up 2.3% and the load factor was an all-time record 87.1%, up 0.2 pts versus June 2010.

IAG Group traffic measured rose by 9.2% versus June 2010 while capacity was up 6.8%. The load factor for the month was up 1.8 pts to 81.7%.

Alaska Air Group reported June operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Alaska reported a 7.9% increase in traffic on a 6.8% increase in capacity compared to June 2010. This resulted in a 0.9-point increase in load factor to a June record 85.4%. Horizon reported a 24.5% decline in traffic on a 23.2% decline in

LAN Airlines S.A. and its subsidiaries reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for May 2011. System passenger traffic increased 19.6% as capacity rose 14.2%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month increased 3.5 points to 77.7%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 70% of total passenger traffic. Starting in January 2011, these figures include

Ryanair’s traffic increased 11% in May 2011 and the laod factor was up 1 p.p. to 82% compared to the previous year.

Norwegian’s passenger growth continues in May, as close to 1.4 million passengers flew with the airline. This is an increase of 16% compared to the same period previous year. Traffic for May improved by 13% and capacity was up 14% compated to May 2010. The load factor was 76 %, down 1 p.p.

In May 2011, Finnair traffic rose by 7.4% compared with May 2010, while capacity grew by 9.2%. The load factor for the month was down 2.6 p.p. to 60% compared to May 2010.

IAG released that May 2011 traffic rose by 14.1% versus May 2010, capacity was up 7.3% and the load factor was up 4.7% to  78.1% compared to the same period in 2011.